daloy-politsey:nentuaby: givemeunicorns:death-burst:My usual retort to people who don’t wa
daloy-politsey:nentuaby: givemeunicorns: death-burst: My usual retort to people who don’t want “universal healthcare/education/basic income/etc.” under the pretense that “the rich shouldn’t have access to it” is that it’s cheaper to just give it to everyone no-question-asked than to try and judge every single case just to exclude a tiny minority of them. But this tweet thread? This right there? That’s a damn powerful argument. Something that can actually convince people emotionally, more than my cynical, it’s-cheaper-that-way, pragmatic approach. I’ll keep it, and I’ll re-use it, because it’s with thread like this that you change the world, one opinion at a time. The number of people I know, myself included, who stayed in the closet because they feared the lose of financial support from their parent is crazy. My partner grew up poor. Her parents didn’t have shit. But they managed to financially abuse her in this exact manner just by refusing to provide documentation that they were poor. No parental income documentation? No FAFSA. No FAFSA? None of the need-based aid she was 100% qualified for. No aid? No college for her poor ass. So no, this “but what if a person who didn’t need the help got it” rhetoric will not just harm the children of the rich, even the marginalized and estranged children of the rich. It harms everyone whose parents don’t want them to succeed. via @etherealcatfanatic -- source link